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digitalize

American  
[dij-i-tl-ahyz, dij-i-tal-ahyz] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tlˌaɪz, ˌdɪdʒ ɪˈtæl aɪz /
especially British, digitalise

verb (used with object)

digitalized, digitalizing
  1. Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.

  2. Computers. to digitize.


digitalize British  
/ ˈdɪdʒɪtəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to administer digitoxin or digoxin to (a patient) for the treatment of certain heart disorders

  2. another word for digitize

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of digitalize

First recorded in 1925–30; digital(is) + -ize

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It also includes the introduction of a so-called European Business Wallet – a digital tool for European companies and public bodies designed to help them to digitalize operations and processes such as exchanging documents.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

In 2017, it vowed by 2022 to digitalize its 575 most used services, like company registrations.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2023

But services, including Transflo, are bridging the transition by allowing drivers to scan trip documents at truck-stop kiosks to digitalize the paperwork for fleet operators.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2022

“Those firms that can digitalize fastest are going to create competitive advantage.”

From Washington Post Jun. 6, 2022

Jokowi has tried to digitalize investment applications before, but it could still take months if not years to process a proposal in certain sectors.

From Reuters Aug. 9, 2021

Meanwhile, government spending—partly funded by the European Union—has helped modernize Polish industry and expand an increasingly digitalized services sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

The post demands deep understanding of myriad securities and digitalized investment platforms.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

But who better than artists to fearlessly hold the mirror up to an ever-more digitalized human nature?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2025

Over the course of the next two hours, the onstage Snook interacts seamlessly with these digitalized selves.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2024

In December 2006, they reached a milestone of 100,000 digitalized books publicly available, with 12,000 new books added per month.

From Technology and Books for All by Marie Lebert

The company is also going all-in on AI, with factory workers in the process of digitalizing paper records.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Yet a greater barrier to digitalizing the border is the complexity of international trade.

From Seattle Times Feb. 9, 2019

That’s why, Ilves explains, the Estonians are digitalizing all their indigenous books and shipping the data out of the country.

From The Guardian Apr. 21, 2016

Absorbing the German tech giant’s advance toward digitalizing output, the German chancellor wore the Siemens logo on her left lapel with an air of unmistakable pride.

From Washington Times Apr. 8, 2015

So my son’s reaction got to the root of a serious issue: Is written Chinese suited to a digitalizing, globalizing world?

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2012

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